Toyota Vitz Owners/Fan Club

The purpose of this post is to gauge the interest in forming a Toyota Vitz Owners Club in different cities of Pakistan. As we all know that Vitz has become quite popular in the last year or so. More and more people are buying it or are interested to know more about it. The purpose of the club would be to share technical / operational information regarding the car. As well as help fellow members with different issues regarding the everyday running of the car. There would be regular meets and get together as well as cruises. The criteria to join the club would be to own a Vitz and a desire to help and share information with fellow members. I myself am based in Karachi, so I can take the lead in taking off this project here. Other can do the similar thing in their respective cities. If there is enough interest, a formal charter / by-laws would be issued with club rules and regulation as well as its mission statement. The club would operate under the same rules & conditions as other international car clubs. To take this project off the ground, I believe 10 people in each city would be the minimum requirement. If anyone from Karachi is interested in being a part of this club, please email me at danyal1@hotmail.com. Pakwheelers from other cities can share their email addresses under this post if they are willing to take the lead for their respective cities. I hope to this see become a success someday and a model for other to follow. LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN GUYS!!!

@skullbox & adilyaqoob
this is an old pic when i ran NOS in the car, it went even faster but i told my passenger (sitting behind me) to sit back down into his seat.

@skullbox
arey bhai your car is faster than mine, do you think i'm mad to race you

1. A car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, 2. Resale wont save your life in an accident, 3. Genius has limits, stupidity has none, 4. Never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level & beat you with experience, 5. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young! 6. انّا للہ و انّا الیہ راجعون

depends on what you need it for. jsut as a runner? go for a 99, but if you want to keep it for a long time go for either a 03+ or an 05+, just make sure you go for a FL package car and it's entirely up to your budget after that.

i always advise speaking to alta and in your case i'll say the same, he'll guide you right and his cars will be 100% reliable and not tampered (unless you ask him to )

1. A car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, 2. Resale wont save your life in an accident, 3. Genius has limits, stupidity has none, 4. Never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level & beat you with experience, 5. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young! 6. انّا للہ و انّا الیہ راجعون

the IST is also called the scion xA, it's basically a rebodied vitz. it's more of an upmarket version of the vitz if you know what i mean, but for PK i think it makes no sense as alot of body parts will be hard to source, you're better off going for what is in the market like the vitz.

1. A car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, 2. Resale wont save your life in an accident, 3. Genius has limits, stupidity has none, 4. Never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level & beat you with experience, 5. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young! 6. انّا للہ و انّا الیہ راجعون

05+ models didn't do too well in PK in terms of sales volume so the parts are alot more scarce than the 03+ and 99+ models.

1. A car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, 2. Resale wont save your life in an accident, 3. Genius has limits, stupidity has none, 4. Never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level & beat you with experience, 5. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young! 6. انّا للہ و انّا الیہ راجعون

1) I would personally recommend Vitz (1999-2004) as spare parts are easily available. As for the Vitz 2005+, it has one drawback: It has a 3-cylinder engine though it produces the same power (51kw @ 6,000RPM) as the older Vitz. It does give a bit of vibration due to the 'unbalanced' power cycle of the odd number of cylinders.

2) My Vitz 2004 is giving me 12km/l with A/C 100% of the time, and 17-18km/l with no AC. I got new spark plugs and changed my oil & air filter.

Has anybody got his vitz "TUNED" from Lahore? If yes, then where from?
I asked earlier as well, What is the best way to improve road clearance??? Bigger tires, Larger Spring or packing???

To all those who want to buy a new vitz, 05+ is the best if u can afford it. else, i would recommend dont go below 04 model. 03 would have been a good choice a year ago. but now, i would recommend 04+ only.

1) how to ensure that model is same what is being told?
2) what to ask key points from buyer to make an impression that i am not new at buying car.?
3) what to consider in details and in general when buying vitz? (plz enlist your points)
4) how to make sure that nothing is damaged?

usmantaokeer: The Vitz models 1999-2004 all have 1SZ-FE, 4-cylinder engines. The Vitz model 2005 onwards have the 1KR-FE, 3-cylinder engine.

storm: I agree with you about the spares availability problem of the Vitz 2005+. Also, few people know that this new model has an electric motor power steering unlike its predecessor which had the hydraulic steering. In fact all power steerings have been hydraulic so far. I don't think the 'mistry' lot has the expertise to work on such a sophisticated technology. Also, the starter is a non-conventional 'lithium ion' battery type and is just a button unlike the key starter in normal cars. Again, a problem if it goes bad.

1. A car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, 2. Resale wont save your life in an accident, 3. Genius has limits, stupidity has none, 4. Never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level & beat you with experience, 5. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young! 6. انّا للہ و انّا الیہ راجعون